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At GOP retreat, Pence backs Trump, vowing probe of voting rolls
In a private meeting with congressional Republicans this week, Vice President Mike Pence vowed that the Trump administration would pursue a wide-ranging probe of voting rolls in the United States to examine whether millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election as President Donald Trump has charged.
"What I can tell you is that I would anticipate that the administration is going to initiate a full evaluation of voting rolls in the country, the overall integrity of our voting system in the wake of this past election," Pence told Republican lawmakers during a question-and-answer session at their annual policy retreat in Philadelphia this week.
The vice...
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